1. What is your industry? Is your company involved in manufacturing or warehousing? Perhaps you’re responsible for operations at a large hospital or hotel. You might manage a multi-level mall with dumpsters to maintain and shopping carts to corral. We have caddies that are designed to meet the needs of all these different industries and more. Even if you don’t find yours listed, we’ve created thousands of customized movers for applications that didn’t fit a specific category.

2. What size loads do you need to move? Our tugs are not one size fits all. You don’t need the power of a pusher that moves up to 50,000 pounds if your loads never get above one ton. For your convenience, we have sizes that can handle both of those weights and everything in between.

3. How much use to you expect to get from your tug? Our standard movers are equipped to handle the needs of most operations. If you expect to be using yours for heavy-duty workloads, you might find it beneficial to include some of the optional features such as maintenance-free batteries or onboard battery chargers.

Our Sales Engineers are standing by to help you find your perfect solution. Call 800.686.2651 or use our online chat feature.

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You buy workers’ compensation coverage to protect yourself and employees from injury. When an employee is injured and the claim is made there will be no out of pocket expense to you as far as the injury is concerned. There is however the cost of getting a replacement up to speed on the injured worker’s job. This claim can have another negative effect on your company’s bottom line as well.

If there have been frequent claims in the past brought on by injuries in a short amount of time it could cost you a sizeable amount of money. The insurance carrier and the state workers’ compensation board may issue an experience modification factor to your policy premium. Basically that means you will pay more than the competition does for a policy that covers the same type of worker. Most states set the rates that the insurance company charges for each type of business. This modifier can be hard on you buy it doesn’t need to be if you take the proper precautions.

Those precautions can include the purchase of safe, ergonomically designed equipment for your employees to use. The cart caddy from DJ Products is a perfect example of such a piece of equipment. This battery powered cart puller keeps low back strains to a minimum and the battery powered engine makes for smooth starting and stopping. This particular feature goes hand in hand with the ergonomically designed twist grip to help minimize the risk of carpal tunnel syndrome.

There are a variety of carts and tugs available through DJ products that are all ergonomically designed with your bottom line in mind. This type of equipment can insure your employee’s safety and your future success.

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DJ Products, Inc. is the world leader in providing assist tugs and a battery powered cart puller to the manufacturing, hospital, and retail markets. The battery powered puller provides a solution that eliminatse the pains and strains associated with manually pushing hospital beds and heavy carts.

Employees pushing these heavy carts are of an aging workforce, so ergonomics and safety are of a bigger concern. Strains, pains, and injuries due to over-extending the body can become very costly on employers. Cost conscious ergonomic and safety equipment, like the CartCaddyLite, when used for prevention can easily pay for themselves almost immediately.

The CartCaddyLite cart puller can easily a maneuver food cart in tight areas up to 1500 lb. The puller has a variable speed twist grips that allows the operator to travel at speeds of 0-3 mph forward or backward. With its compact, 24-volt motor being powered by 2 12v batteries, the unit can perform without re-charging for an entire shift.

Please request to view a video of a short demonstration of a CartCaddyLite cart puller in a hospital pulling and pushing a patient down a hallway. Also view more solutions relating to the pulling of heavy linen and food carts, hospital beds, and hospital supplies.

For more detailed information, along with pictures and a video on the solution that solved this application, please view Cart Puller .

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A large hospital in California just partnered with DJ Products, Inc. to help provide solutions for eliminating possible injuries from moving all wheeled loads, including beds, gurneys, food and linen carts. After evaluating many push and pull devices and companies, they chose DJ Products Cart Puller for their superior product design and custom solutions.

Employees pushing these heavy carts are of an aging workforce, so ergonomics and safety are of a bigger concern. Strains, pains, and injuries due to over-extending the body can become very costly on employers. Cost conscious ergonomic and safety equipment, like the CartCaddyLite Cart Puller, when used for prevention can easily pay for themselves almost immediately.

The CartCaddyLite Cart Puller can easily maneuver food carts in tight areas up to 1500 lb. The puller has a variable speed cart twist grips that allows the operator to travel at speeds of 0-3 mph forward or backward. With its compact, 24-volt motor being powered by 2 12v batteries, the Cart Puller can perform without re-charging for an entire shift.

For more detailed information, along with pictures and a video on the solution that solved this application, please go to CartCaddyLite Cart Puller .

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Many workers have a can-do attitude and this is great except when their desire to work quickly and efficiently leads to injury. Many of us overestimate our own strength. We see a cart with wheels and figure that we can push or pull that cart with no problem. What we don’t take into account is the load that is on the cart or the construction of the cart itself—it may have been designed to transport a lot of materials but it was probably not designed to ease strain on the human musculoskeletal system.

At DJ Products, our mission is to provide solutions for material handling situations that are ergonomically correct, safe and cost effective.

All of our products are battery powered “walk-behind” units, allowing better control by the operator, even in tight, difficult spaces. Because of this operating flexibility, our electric cart movers can be used in more applications than standard material handling equipment.

Call us at 800-686-2651 and speak to one of our Sales Engineers about our cart pushers, cart pullers, vehicle pushers, industrial tuggers and motorized carts. If you have not pinpointed the exact product you want, a Sales Engineer will be happy to explore custom applications where our base products match primary criteria.

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It can be difficult for hospital cleaning crews to keep up with the patient traffic during regular conditions, but their job gets much more hectic during times when patient traffic increases.  Having the right equipment to transport heavy linen or maintenance carts can be a major factor in helping hospital cleaning crews keep up with the flow of patients.

A cart puller from DJ Products provides the perfect solution for hospital cleaning crews who work in a fast paced and overcrowded environment.  The cart puller can easily handle pushing or pulling fully loaded carts that weigh up to one thousand pounds, but it is small enough to allow for maneuvering in even the tightest of quarters.

The highly versatile cart puller can be used to effortlessly move everything from small dollies and hand trucks to fully loaded linen carts and hospital beds.  This helps valuable hospital employees perform whatever duties arise during their shift without running the risk of becoming fatigued or sustaining injury from overexertion.

The cart puller is ideal for use in a hospital environment because it is virtually silent during operation.  Members of the hospital staff can focus on performing their job duties without having to worry that their equipment will disturb patients who may be in need of rest. 

A cart puller from DJ Products is powered by a long lasting battery and can run for an entire eight hour shift on a single charge.  Employees won’t be delayed by having to stop in the middle of a task to repower equipment, which is essential for keeping up with the increases in hospital traffic caused by inclement weather.

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Many hospital staff members feel stressed and pushed to their limits under normal, everyday hospital conditions.  In order for these extremely hardworking individuals to keep up with increases in patients they need to have access to the appropriate equipment.  A piece of equipment like the small, easy to use and powerful cart puller from DJ Products can instantly help to increase the efficiency of hospital employees.  Increasing employee efficiency without additional strain is essential for providing the best possible care to patients while keeping highly valuable employees safe and healthy.

The cart puller can readily handle moving a wide variety of different carts, equipment and even hospital beds with little to no stress on the employee.  This highly versatile piece of equipment is capable of hauling loads of up to 1500 pounds without causing fatigue or any undue strain to the operator.  The cart puller from DJ is also the most compact piece of equipment of its kind making it ideal for use in narrow hallways or otherwise confined quarters.

Hospitals all over the country experience spikes in patient traffic at various points throughout the year.  By investing in versatile equipment like the battery powered cart puller hospital management can feel confident that employees will be fully prepared to handle those increases when they occur.

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The Cart Puller from DJ Products is powerful enough to easily haul carts weighing up to fifteen hundred pounds without putting any undue stress on employees. Despite the incredible power this piece of equipment delivers it comes in a very compact package though. The Cart Puller from DJ is the most compact and maneuverable puller available which makes it an ideal addition to any nursing home with narrow hallways, small rooms or other space constraints.

Clean and dirty linen carts and food carts can be exceedingly heavy when fully loaded and moving a hospital style bed can be a challenge for even the heartiest of employees. Employees who are required to manually transport these full carts or maneuver beds are at an increased risk of overexertion and of debilitating injuries. In order to perform these strenuous duties in a timely manner and with a minimal chance of suffering injuries nursing home employees need access to equipment that was designed to handle the task.

With a cart puller nursing home employees can focus on tackling important job duties without the fear of suffering injuries or without waiting for another employee to be available to assist. The addition of a piece of equipment like the cart puller instantly makes a nursing home a safer and more efficient working environment.

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Some studies have shown that the hospitality sector has higher rates of drug and alcohol abuse than other industries. In terms of productivity, accident prevention, and pleasing your customers, it makes sense for hotels to implement a drug testing policy — as part of the hiring process or on an ongoing basis.

We keep an eye out for great warehouse management tips, and it’s clear that drug testing helps prevent many workplace accidents and ensure a healthy and reliable workforce. This thinking holds doubly true for the hotel industry for several reasons:

• Many workers routinely handle large, heavy, and expensive items

• Management cannot always keep an eye on staff in all parts of the building

• Customers expect helpful, energetic, and reliable service

Drug testing policies can be tricky to implement because you need to comply with all federal, state, and local laws. Additionally, current employees may be hesitant to accept a new testing policy.

However, drug testing brings great value to hotel operations by reducing your risk for injuries and lawsuits. And on a daily basis, you can be confident that your staff is more likely to show up for work ready to perform well.

Good employee drug testing programs can protect your company and boost your profitability by emphasizing a healthy workforce.

When we talk about warehouse management tips, we often talk about using productivity boosters like our motorized carts. Much the same, hotels can use our Hospitality Cart Puller to reduce the risk of injury and make work easier and more productive.

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